Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).
Southern (SO) is trading at $83.48, up 0.01% on the day. Its market value of $96.03B makes it the 167th largest of the 300 companies we follow.
It is close to the bottom of its 52-week range ($81.79 to $98.45), 15.2% under the high. Holders are behind 8.7% over twelve months, and down 12.1% across the last three months.
On the chart it has slipped under both the 50-day ($90.69) and 200-day ($91.01) moving averages; RSI is 25, which some call oversold, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 13% annualized volatility.
In the quarter ended Jun 2026 the company brought in $6.98B of revenue, up 0.1% from a year earlier, with $1.19B of net profit (a 15.4% margin).
The stock changes hands at 20.1 times trailing earnings, 14% below its five-year average of 23.4. The median for its industry group is 17.7.
12 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "hold". The mean target, $98.18, sits 17.6% over where the stock trades.
This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.
Southern Company is a regulated utility serving Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and it built the Vogtle nuclear plant.
What tends to move it. Rate cases, load growth from data centers and nuclear costs drive the story, and it pays a steady dividend.
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Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Price vs 20-day average | -4.4% | Bearish |
| Price vs 50-day average | -7.9% | Bearish |
| Price vs 200-day average | -8.3% | Bearish |
| 50-day vs 200-day | 50d below 200d | Bearish |
| RSI (14) | 25.1 | Neutral |
| MACD (12,26,9) | -1.61 | Bearish |
| Bollinger band position | -13% | Neutral |
Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.
Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.
Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.
Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jun 2026
Quarter 2026/Q2
"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.
Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history
Below its usual level · 22nd percentile, 5-year average 23.4x
#1612 of 2975 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)
Below its usual level · 36th percentile, 5-year average 2.7x
#3305 of 5302 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)
Around its usual level · 51st percentile, 5-year average 3.2x
#3208 of 5141 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)
Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$215.77M (5 inflow days, 15 outflow days).
Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 3.1% a year.
$83.48 is the latest print for SO, a move of +0.01% against yesterday's close of $83.47. Today's low and high so far: $83.17 and $83.98.
Equity value comes to $96.03B at the current price. By that measure it is number 167 of the 300 names in our coverage.
Buyers pay 20.1 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $3.92). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 23.4, and today's level ranks in the 22nd percentile of its own history.
The year's floor is $81.79 and the ceiling $98.45. Shares are 15.2% away from that ceiling.
It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 3.57% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was August 17, 2026.
Of 12 analysts, 25% say buy, 58% hold and 17% sell. Price targets average $98.18, with the most cautious at $79.00 and the most optimistic at $106.00.
Southern Company is a regulated utility serving Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and it built the Vogtle nuclear plant.
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